Fairbanks_Exploration_Company_Machine_Shop

Fairbanks Exploration Company Machine Shop

Fairbanks Exploration Company Machine Shop

United States historic place

The Fairbanks Exploration Company Machine Shop is a historic machine shop in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Located behind the Fairbanks Exploration Company (F.E. Company) administration building at 612 Illinois Street, it is a large single-story steel-frame structure, built in 1927 to serve the company's nearby gold mining operations.[2] Its easternmost section is 16 feet (4.9 m) high, while that on the west is 20 feet (6.1 m) high, in order to accommodate belt-driven equipment and cranes. A tall double door at the center of the east facade is the main entrance. The front of the building housed large belt-driven lathes, while the center had a welding shop, drill presses, and a tool room. A blacksmithy in the back had a sand floor. The building was used by the F.E. Company between 1927 and 1964.[3]

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "NRHP nomination for Illinois Street Historic District (with map showing the building's location)". National Park Service. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "NRHP nomination for Fairbanks Exploration Company Machine Shop". National Park Service. Retrieved February 3, 2015.


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